Time Warner

Over the past day, we’ve seen a flurry of stories on the Department of Justice’s position on the AT&T/Time Warner cable merger, which was first announced back in October 2016. This story has been bouncing back and forth a fair bit–here’s what we know thus far.

Thousands of customers have complained about Comcast’s behavior to the FCC since the company announced it would begin enacting data caps — and now, specific user research has uncovered data suggesting that the company’s method of tracking user data consumption may be more flawed than Comcast wants to admit.

Time warner and Comcast are expected to call off their merger after failing to reach a deal with government regulators and the Department of Justice. The formal announcement could come as early as tomorrow.

Google Fiber is planning a major new expansion across multiple cities in the South and Southeast while simultaneously exploring wireless possibilities. Could the search giant be preparing to open a huge new front against the ISP status quo?

A new proposal from the White House would emphasize community broadband and municipal Internet access programs, while a 20th state is considering banning such utilities at the behest of a cable company.

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